For the following three learning reflections, I went with the first memory that came to mind thinking if they stood out that much, they must have been authentic and potent bits of my education. I noticed that all three are skills and had direct, useful, meaningful purposes.
Elementary Years
Topic: Making Buttermilk.
Who: My kindergarten teacher.
How: She would demonstrate shaking the jar, then we all got a turn to practice. Finally we got to taste what we had made.
Type: Skill
Why: Much of early elementary seems to revolve around our agrarian roots as an American culture. I think it was a nod in that direction.
Highschool Years
Topic: Typing
Who: Highschool business and typing teacher.
How: She showed us a skill and then we practiced it over and over until we could do it without looking.
Type: Skill
Why: Originally, the purpose of the class was so that we could do formal reports or fill out forms on a typewriter. I don't think we knew at that time how Word Processing would soon take over most of our personal, academic, and work- related writing.
College Years
Topic: French Linguistics
Who: My favorite French professor
How: She would break a word down into its smallest parts and we would practice pronouncing each piece on its own.
Type: Skill
Why: The purpose was to work on the fine motor muscles of the mouth and tongue so that we could say words properly in order to communicate better with native speakers.
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